Saheela Ibraheema wasn't sure any college would want to admit a 15-year-old. So the Piscataway teen hedged her bets and filled out applications to 14 schools from New Jersey to California. "It's the age thing. I wanted to make sure I had options," said Saheela, a senior at the Wardlaw-Hartridge S... Read more...
A quiet student at a Chicago middle school silently dealt with older boys calling him names and cutting him down. He put up with their comments, but one day he had enough. "He decided to fix things himself," said Sandra Guzman, a counselor with Youth Outreach Services. He grabbed one bully by t... Read more...
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16/05/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Do The Knowledge,
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By Boyce Watkins, PhD As a college professor for the past 16 years, I've noticed two things about college: It can be a place to make your dreams come true, and it can also be a breeding ground for your worst nightmares. So, I thought I would compile a list of things that I've seen college students... Read more...
After each received an offer of early acceptance to Yale last fall, the Crouch quadruplets of Danbury, Conn., went on to collect letters of admission this spring from more than a dozen other colleges. Their suitors included Harvard and Johns Hopkins (Kenny); Duke (Raymond); Tufts (Kenny and ... Read more...
On May 14, 2011, the eyes of American educators will focus on Chicago to see if the top educators in America can produce strategies and techniques to successfully educate Black boys. The list of educational woes for Black boys and young men in the American education system are legendary an... Read more...